| 单词 | gentleman-pensioner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgentleman-pensioner f. †gentleman-pensioner: a member of the body of gentlemen serving as guards or attendants to the British monarch within the royal palace. Now historical and rare.Gentleman at Arms is now the usual term; see note at Gentleman at Arms at Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > armed retainer or bodyguard > gentleman at arms pensioner1548 gentleman-pensioner1566 Gentleman at Arms1583 1566 W. Adlington in tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse Ep. Ded. sig. * To the right Honorable, and Mightie Lorde, Thomas, Earle of Sussex,..Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter,..and Capitaine of the Gentlemen Pentioners. a1603 G. Carey Let. to James I in Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1737) 230 It pleased Her Majesty..to grace me with the Captain-ship of Her Band of Gentlemen-Pensioners. 1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) ii. 229 His Majesty's Honourable Band of Gentlemen-Pensioners. 1813 Duke of Buccleuch Let. 13 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) I. 283/1 Only think of being chanted and recitatived by a parcel of hoarse and squeaking choristers, on a birthday, for the edification of the bishops, pages, maids of honor, and gentlemen-pensioners! 1996 Sunday Times (Nexis) 9 June An escort of Gentlemen Pensioners. < as lemmas |
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